Box Office Report: Oct. 12-14

While the fall movie season’s more adult-themed movies are starting to make their way into theaters, they were only able to make a small dent in the box office charts, with newcomers “We Own the Night,” “Michael Clayton” and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” all failing to take the top spot. That belonged to the latest Tyler Perry movie, he of the “Madea” movies. Not having seen any of his movies, I’ll reserve judgment on their quality. But does he really need to be putting his own name in the titles of the films? If that’s the trend, maybe “George Clooney’s Michael Clayton” would have performed better. Or perhaps “Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg Own the Night” was the way to go?

1. “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married”
(Weekend domestic gross - $21.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $21.4 million)
(Budget - N/A)
2. “The Game Plan”
(Weekend domestic gross - $11.0 million)
(Worldwide gross - $59.0 million)
(Budget - N/A)
3. “We Own the Night”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $10.8 million)
(Budget - $21 million)
4. “Michael Clayton”
(Weekend domestic gross - $10.4 million)
(Worldwide gross - $15.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
5. “The Heartbreak Kid”
(Weekend domestic gross - $7.3 million)
(Worldwide gross - $39.8 million)
(Budget - N/A)
6. “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
(Weekend domestic gross - $6.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $6.2 million)
(Budget - N/A)
7. “The Kingdom”
(Weekend domestic gross - $4.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $50.2 million)
(Budget - $70 million)
8. “Across the Universe”
(Weekend domestic gross - $3.8 million)
(Worldwide gross - $12.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)
9. “Resident Evil: Extinction”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.6 million)
(Worldwide gross - $77.6 million)
(Budget - N/A)
10. “The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising”
(Weekend domestic gross - $2.2 million)
(Worldwide gross - $7.9 million)
(Budget - N/A)

2007 Year-To-Date
1. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
(Worldwide gross - $961.0 million)
(Budget - $300 million)
2. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
(Worldwide gross - $936.2 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
3. “Spider-Man 3”
(Worldwide gross - $890.5 million)
(Budget - $258 million)
4. “Shrek the Third”
(Worldwide gross - $791.7 million)
(Budget - $160 million)
5. “Transformers”
(Worldwide gross - $700.8 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
6. “The Simpsons Movie”
(Worldwide gross - $521.9 million)
(Budget - $75 million)
7. “300”
(Worldwide gross - $456.1 million)
(Budget - $65 million)
8. “Ratatouille”
(Worldwide gross - $450.3 million)
(Budget - $150 million)
9. “The Bourne Ultimatum”
(Worldwide gross - $404.0 million)
(Budget - $110 million)
10. “Live Free or Die Hard”
(Worldwide gross - $372.5 million)
(Budget - $110 million)